Jobs at Sphinx Defense

The Technical Writer will develop and manage technical documentation for software systems, ensuring clarity, compliance, and alignment with government requirements. This role involves collaboration with engineering teams, translating complex concepts into clear documentation, and maintaining documentation standards and practices.

Build and lead development of core backend platform services for a space communications ground system. Design and implement multi-tenant cloud-native APIs and services with automation and security, own features end-to-end, mentor junior engineers, and collaborate across teams to support US government satellite operations.

Lead design and development of multi-tenant backend services and APIs for a space communications platform on AWS. Build scalable, secure services with automation, testing, and mentorship of junior engineers; interact with customers and partners and support operations for US government satellites.

Manage control accounts for defense space programs through planning, budgeting, forecasting, EVM processes, performance analysis, IMS and baseline management, risk and RIO tracking, subcontractor coordination, compliance support, and executive reporting to ensure programs meet cost, schedule, and technical objectives.

Build and maintain cloud-native security platforms across AWS and Kubernetes. Integrate security into CI/CD pipelines, implement automated scanning, monitoring, and remediation, manage IAM, WAFs, and container security, support compliance, vulnerability management, and incident response, and evaluate new security technologies to strengthen platform posture.

Design, maintain, and operate AWS-based Kubernetes (EKS) infrastructure and CI/CD pipelines. Build Terraform IaC and Helm charts, manage IAM and cross-account access, troubleshoot cloud and Kubernetes issues, automate tooling in Python or Go, and improve platform reliability, security, and observability while supporting cross-functional engineering teams.